Read more commemorative coin stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32327/commemorative-coin.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:16:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51625/jazz-great-ellington-will-grace-dc-quarter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLate jazz legend Duke Ellington has been chosen to appear on the District of Columbia's commemorative quarter, CNN reports. The composer and performer, a DC native who died in 1975, beat out abolitionist Frederick Douglass and surveyor and astronomer Benjamin Banneker in a vote of the capital's residents. Ellington becomes...http://www.newser.com/story/51625/jazz-great-ellington-will-grace-dc-quarter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Feb 2009 6:07:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38099/lincoln-penny-gets-a-redesign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US Mint today unveiled four new designs that will adorn the back of the Lincoln penny next year to commemorate the bicentennial of Honest Abe’s birth, CNNMoney reports. The classic portrait of the 16th president will remain on the heads side. The reverse will depict scenes from Lincoln’s life,...http://www.newser.com/story/38099/lincoln-penny-gets-a-redesign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Sep 2008 13:40:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31533/first-braille-coin-unveiled.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US Mint unveiled the first coin bearing readable Braille letters yesterday. The silver dollar features the letters "Brl," code for Braille, and honors the 200th birthday of the eponymous creator of the alphabet for the blind, the AP reports. "This is going to put Braille in front of people...http://www.newser.com/story/31533/first-braille-coin-unveiled.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Jul 2008 16:41:25 CDT